For the purpose of giving training to the staff and sericulturists, the Government Sericulture Training School was established at Hosur during 1973.
During the year 2005-2006, Sericulture Training School was registered under TamilNadu Societies Registration Act 1975 with a change in the name as, “ TamilNadu Sericulture Training Institute”.
Both on-campus and Off-campus training courses are conducted by the Institute based on the requirement of trainees to department staff and farmers.

The Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore is organizing various Human Resource Development Programme for the women Sericulturists – under SERI TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX FOR WOMEN – in collaboration with Department of Science & Technology and Department of Bio-technology, Govt. of India. The following Training Programmes are fully sponsored and the participants are provided To & Fro charges with free boarding and lodging.